Legal Opinion
State v. Louk
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided March 25, 1983No. 15565PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARSHBARGER, Justice:
The Randolph County Circuit Court tried Victoria Louk for first degree murder for killing her son-in-law, David Petrice, and for feloniously assaulting his companion, Randall Riffle. She presented self-defense evidence and was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter of Petrice and not guilty of assaulting Riffle.
Three months before the incident, Petrice and his wife Linda were separated, and Linda took the couple’s two young sons and moved to her mother’s farm home. Then, on August 13, 1980, Petrice and Riffle were drinking in Riffle’s car and Petrice asked Riffle to drive…
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